Consultant in Frailty and Ageing
Job Description
Job summary
This is a full time substantive post within the Department of Frailty and Ageing Medicine. The timetable is flexible, and can be modified to reflect the special interests and expertise of the appointees.
Applicants will support the Frailty bed base on the base wards. The successful consultant will have responsibility for up to 16 in patients on the frailty base ward. The wards are supported by a proactive MDT, Physician Associates, resident doctors of various grades and Registrar level Speciality Trainees.
Main duties of the job
We would especially welcome subspecialty interests in Orthogeriatrics or Parkinson's and Related Disorders.
Other sub speciality interests will be also be considered and the department will look at options of providing speciality cover through a departmental job plan if a strong candidate has an interest in other areas which fits into the Frailty strategic vision for the Trust.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job responsibilities
For more information on this vacancy please see the attached job Description and personal specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent qualification
- Valid ALS certificate
Desirable
- Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Professional Registration
Essential
- Full Registration with the GMC, Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
- Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Hull Royal Infirmary
Hull
HU3 2JZ
